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THIS             Create Operand at Current Location             MASM Operator

  THIS type

    Creates an operand whose address (segment and offset) is equal to the
    current location counter and whose type is type.

    Type can be any of the following:

             BYTE
             WORD
             DWORD
             QWORD
             TBYTE
             NEAR
             FAR

    This operator is used to create labels and variables using the EQU or
    equal-sign ('=') directives in the same manner as the LABEL directive.

  -------------------------------- Example ---------------------------------

           byteLabel      equ       THIS BYTE

    is the same as:

           byteLabel      LABEL     BYTE